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IBAR DOCTOR, what do you advise ? I El7O Advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to , Covent-garden, hear some charming singing, order v .°l their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that best advice I can p give yoll. LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, Thte BRANDY. ho w celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest It i 3 OH BRANDY, Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. dents th s e o _ ld In Bottles, 3s. Sd., a t the Retail Houses in London ; by It in the principal towns in England; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. tve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded . 104,:e LL Whiaky.' Tut MANCIAL CORPORATION (LIMITED) INVITE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR TRE ABERAMAN IRON WORKS (Limited), Da r e hav e (late Crawsligy Bal ey's), of which upwards of 5, 000 been applied for. rPorated under the Companies Limited Liability Act, 1882. Capital £501,000, in 100, 'CO Shares of £5O each. It i s Deposit on Application, and £1 on Allotment. not on to call up more th n £25 per Share. DinEcToßs. tall ani Walter Cargill , Esq. M.P., Director of theDrien enk Corporation. , , gee Collins, Esq., Director of the London, Birming p, and South Staffordshire Bank k LiMitetn. B. Cumming, r.sq. ,Messrs. J. B. Cumm•mr and Co., (tirt , ) Director of the Continental Bank Corporation William gunk Logan, Esq., Banker, Berwick-on-Tweed. James Marsh Esq., J.P., Wildwood, Middlesex. NV'. Naylor, Esq. (Messrs. Gott and Sons), Leeds, Di- of the London and Lancashire Assurance Company. kl e a r , a nlY Price, Esq., Director of the Western Life Assur g , orapany, pkiegluald Read, Esq., Director of the Crystal Palace Corn- (With power to add to their number). The L BANKERS. T h ondon and County Bank and its Branches. I),,ge Alll ince Bink, at Liverpool and Manchester. -Cssrs.'Bail ie, Cave, and Co., Bristol. i r ge Leeds Banking Company, Leeds. lq„!ssra. Crawahay Bailey, Greatres, and Co., Monmouth, "part, and Abergavenny. Ale i. SOLICITORS. 8 . Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 68, Aldermanbury. London. BROKERS. a I:nes Shepherd. Esq., 36, Throgmorton-street, London. T, Tinley and Sons, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool. Vars. Ridsdale and Wailes, P a rk-row, Leeds. tv A d eB sl , Mewburn and Barker, Moult-street, Manchester, ttalif AUDITORS. l' rederick Maynard, Esq., Bread-street. London. a finles Maurice, Esq., Old Jewry, London. 14,11 14e1 Lowell Price, Esq., Gresham-street, London. SECRETARY. J. 11. Flesher, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 29, Threadneedle-street, Lendon, E.C. The PROSPECTUS. paq „eXtensive and valuable properties of Crawshay Bailey, tter - ''" - P, known as the Aberaman Iron Works and Col orfey,,are of European celebrity, and therefore only a very Thrscription of them will be necessary. Aich Property, which has been carefully surveyed by Joshua theotis3son, Freehold Land.S., ac., extends over an area Sacres of and is on tan North Crop of ti til'olith Wales Coal Basin, and contains a greater number e veins of ironstone and coal than is usually found in p" great yrop ertf equal extent. aid desirable feature of this property is, that it tv4ehold, except as to one-third of the minerals, upon Tl, there is a trifling royalty. by A le coal is the noted Aberdare St - am Coal, and certified ra il er,. Richardson as " The best steam coal in the kingdom," 14,. 8 ta„rids at the head of the Government list. eoi lt ,rtichardson describes the property in his Report " as feekrng," 16 veins of coal, of the aggregate thickness o c, f r 4 e B . Rat e sides the numerous courses of ironstone, of the ag Ivi lci waickness of 14 . feet ; these extend over the area of the hes a ~,,estate, and there are four veins of the average th ek !ad 1:2, 8 feet, which crop out on the side of the mountain ; the 9 feet there are four more veins of coal of 10 et to he thickness." Iti ltZ ironstone " is the black band, a carbonaceous ore, is comparatively rare, and yields from 60 to i 0 percent. and aso the ordinary argillaceous ironstone. The segue thickness is 54 feet. Ivo r r estate contains at least 91,485,440 tons of whole or un t,,ohrd coal, which would yield a supply of upwards of 1,00 bliso,tday, or 3L0,030 tons per annum for 304 years ; and of to la ,;` .-!and iron ore, 4,640,1)0 tons, which is equal to 3,000 Ire °I bar iron per annum for 773 years ; and of argillaceous we„Stone, 135,3, 9,270 tons, which is equal to 500 tons per iE, or 26,00 tons of bar iron per annum for 1,300 years. is l ie estate communicates with the Aberdare Railway, and h ti llao m os t a d m i ra bl y s i tuate d f or wa t er, th e river Aman 'Thric' through it. th e his Company has entered into a provisional contract for tip Purchase ot the whole of the freehold and leasehold ra ts referred to, incaiding the whole of the rents, royalties, wayieaves, Sm., besides the ironworks ,lal-fleids and goodwill of the business, and a so the man' ba 300 'cottages, buildings, plant, achinery, engines, railways, tramways, and other property. 4r Crawshay 'Balky, although working the property only ) „, (: :,a very limited extent, has realised very large profits, and t h 'ires, in consequence of advanced age, with a princely f or- V i le. Mr Richardson reports that the income may be doubled Lrebled with moderate additional outlay, and Mr. D. Jones t POrts that £lOO 001 per annum net profit can easily be ti l l sedasstiming only half this income be prolued, lie; s Bl . l Pposing ttie share capital upon which the dividend will t er kZaYable to be £250,( 00, follows that, after allowing in fer loans, &c. , l5 to 20 per cent. will be ava.lable ep..%a dividend to the shareholders, and this not from an un ifarking requiring to be developed, but from an old-estab /te and lucrative business. At th as been arranged that the services of the whole staff are and The disposition ot thi= Company. C, ompany will enlarge the capabilities of the Works Pr oms (41 terY, and thus materially enhance the value of the i/ n 1 . 4% .1014 3.1 f1a Richardson, Esq , has concluded his Report fol- Nr e i,h''' In conclusio, 1 beg leave to observe, that I have the t c, e l risPected a mineral property in which the facilities for Itre .„.al 3 Production and conversion of the coal and ironstone isi..„,,eater, and in which the vast resources may be more %tea developed. Tilts property contains the best steam. ‘ t aat k e , the k ugdom, lid. which at present there is a great de co at highly remunerative prices. Without presuming % ai r into a discussion of subjects not submitted to my Rtehtir!ltion, you will perhaps allow me to add, that a tfi ect increased production of both coal and iron might be be vi e d by the outlay of from £5,000 to £7, 000 , and that I phi there are but ve'y few concerns in South Wales 4ob,„"'. 11t Would be more highly remunerative were the deve ,._ll-: of its resources carried to a much greater extent. Witt' David Jones has also reported as follows : Aberaman Est ,te Iron Works and Colliery of Crewe hay Bailey, Esq., M I'., in the county of Glamorgan. mining t l / 4 ,4`Ne been the a hief engineer of several railways, tatig ter for the ate Thomas Po Nell, Esq., coal merchtuii, Ab e „ e ngineer for several iron works and collierie , including Ober for the last 25 years. Ab,,, ° lti this circumstance, and my acquaintance with the s ays a men Works from their opening,, I have no hesitation in ek te g that Mr Bailey h a s worked them only to a very limited keo tit ; and with a comparatively moderate outlay, a net c .‘ l 4 ot £loo,' 00 a-year can be realised from the estate. I 'or C b elAnion also that the income can be increased yearly s'erY long period, as the iron stone, black band irou. ore, 3001Ita-re clay are, as it were, inexhaustible, and the Collieries 2ield 1,000 tons of the best steam coal a•day for about „kle,,l r s• The whole property is exceedingly valuable, 'age7r e rfaies unusual advantages for manufacture, car- DAVID JONES. —4l eY Railway Engineer's Office, Machen, Newport, 14 1 th Monmouth , hit e, July 21, 1864. toet h , a view to keep the called-up Share Capital as low as as "le, arrangements have been made by which the v endor fete n :reed to allow a large portion of the purchase money to to s at interest; this will materially increase the dividends %mareholders. , t etti t t i „ e ‘ s of the Articles of Association, which contain the to, Aii ..° l the provisional contract, and of the reports referred lia 43 ,q be seen at the offices of the Solicitors of the Cora , ~ ep„ 0 3r t , iCatIons for the remaining shares must be made in the nar e 4 , n ,,,nexed, and be accompanied by a payment of £1 per 4 ,.'orth v s e it no allotment be made, the amount will be returned "oe ;if a less number is allotted than is applied for, t tta`" e am ount paid on appli ation will be applied towards . he lit of the £4 due on allotment—the balance, if any, lir r eturned. t)tLsPectuses and Forms of Applcation may be had at the '%ll',,et the Company, and of the Bankers, Brokers, and 1 101 1 7r,r , ; and also at the Offices of the Financial Corpora `"toited), 14, Leadenhall-street, London. POR3I OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. N o Directors of the Aberaman Iron Works (Limited). th e '-uElernen —Having paid to your Bankers, • 4111 4 of £, —Having being a deposil of £1 per share, h o a n t Shares in the above Company, y request t You Will al of me that number, and I agree to accept such to „ - "ree or any less number you may allot to me ; and agree Arit a Y the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Articles of y o relation of the Company when required, and I authorise lio mw L t _oinsert my name on the Register of Members for the or of Shares allotted to me. Usual Signature • • • Name in full Residence Profession Date 1864 VINTAGE WINE COMPANY, Importers of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Bloomsbury-stt eet, London, Four Doors South of New Oxford-street. 11 ,Ile Vintage Comida Sherry, Golden ass. per doz. 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Balance of Account, 30th June, 1863 £528,263 12 11 Premiums on New Assurances ..£23,683 14 1 Ditto, old ditto 218;496 1 4 £311,979 15 5 Interest from Investments . 81046 13 10 £393,126 9 3 Profit on the Sale of Securities.. 17,515 16 8 Total Income £938,910 18 10 CHARGE OF THE YEAR. Div'dend to Proprietors £10,323 15 0 Claims on decease of Lives As- ------- ----- .. £199,324 2 0 Additions to those under Parti cipating Policies.... ....... 15,993 9 8 Policies surrendered 12,958 13 1 Ite-atssurances, new ... 8,089 12 2 ~, old £274,779 2 6 Commission Medical Fees 7lB 7 2 Income-tax Expenses of Management 12,926 18 6 ---, 300,510 11 10 Total Charge Balanced Account, 30th June, 1b 64 £938,910 18 10 Examined and approved, THOMAS ALLEN,' Auditors. lIENRY ROSE, Here it will be seen that the total income of the year is £010,642 ss. 11 d., and the total charge .£ 40,834 6s. 10d. The difference—£9J, Bo l 19s. Id.—increase the surplus Fund to £625,076 12s. The difference las tyear, it may be remembered, was £50,875 Ms. 7d. The income of the year is greater than that of the preceding one by nearly £22,000. The increase is mainly attributable to the profit derived from the sale of premises in the City, and elsewhere. With exception of the payments on account of re-assurance, and those to the proprietors, all the items of charge are less than those of the previous year. Thus, the sum paid for claims is less by £27,000, an i that for surrender of policies by £5,300. A considerable reduction, too, is observable in the expenses of management, arising from a diminution in the number of the Board, and from other circumst ,aces. The Balance Sheet is as follows : BALANCE SHEET. LIABILITIES. nterest due to Proprietors £5,432 14 9 Claims on decease bt Lives Assured and ad ditions thereto unpaid Cash Bonus due to Policy-holders ... 671 2 8 Sundry Accounts 1,015 10 10 Value (186!) of Sums Assured 4,731,193 7 0 Proprietors' Fund £190,187 10 0 6urplus Fund, as above 818,264 2 0 £3,651,801 13 1 ASSTS. Amount invested in fixed Mortgages £903,750 1 6 Ditto, ditt,i, decreasing Mortgag, s Ditto, ditto, Reversions 1 3 02 7,3 4 5 8 1 5 8 4 1 Ditto, ditto, Funded Securities Ditto, ditto, Temporary Securities ...... Cui rent interest on the above Investments 28,085 1 3 Cash and Bills Advanced on Security of the Company's Po licies . --,.••• • ... 120,524 16 0 Agents' Balances 32,177 2 3 sundry Accounts 28,957 8 1 Value (1862) of Assurance Premiums . 3,568,151 7 8 Value (186.0 of Re-assurances 34,263 10 8 4:5,651,801 13 1 Examined and approved, THOMAS ALLEN, 1 Auditors. HENRY ROSE, The Assets here specified remain nearly as they were in the last Report, except that the amount invested in Rever sions is increased, and that in fixed Mortgages is diminished. The balance of the Surplus Fund is, of course, increased (as it should be) from £528,268 12s, 11d. to £68,076125. The Trustees and Directors of the Company are now as follows : TRUSTEES. Lord Bateman. _ Rieharl Harman Lloyd, Eeq. Robert Cheere, Esq. Wm. James Maxwell, Esq. Joseph Esdale, Esq. Hon. E. T. Yorke, ELP. And other Gentlemen. DIRECTORS. Thomas Godfrey Sambrooks, Esq., Chairman. Charles Chatfield, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Charles Bischoff. Esq. Sir W. G. Ouseley, K.C.8., Thomas Boddington, Esq. D. C.L . Sir James Buller East, Bart., Ralph Charles Price, Esq. D.O L. Philip Rose, Esq. Nathaniel Gould, Esq. George Russe 1, Esq. Robert A. Gray, Esq. Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, William tkug,ustus Guy, M.D. R.N. Charles Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Col. Chas. Wetherall, K.C.T. Richard Harman Lloyd, Esq. 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Admittance, le. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. . . . .. ‘ . /"....—••••••......................... _ 6 , - .Le '..:' , - P.. -1 :- - -,...; - .0- A ~ '..N4 N4 ,s . . . I , ',L P (A 4 %TR • \ . . 16. , i . " ,• ' . ; ..);I :". : 1 ',: ... ' t. - • i :r--. ( k0fti i ,...... , ' , ''A '4 •--... e 1.. V''' . 4'' .oi.i.- 1 ...--•,. % ,, A 1 t - , / ~-ti , _ 4c. . I - , 1 " 160: .• . . , . 0.. - -•'', , 1 ...'.• ~,, ' pp, A -.... 1. ..4‘" 4 X ' Ncr .. .." . . 4 .1a. , : .. -L , . ...,,,,,,,„00. , ,-.•. "D -- „, i(, , .. • ...e l 1 .1 ,N . "es'. ` b '''' 1 (~ . . ) eii`, ", !‘ 31 ` ,' '-e --• '• ' ' 'l• .••••• 411111 " N ..,. --:: THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1864. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Lords of the Admiralty at present at Portsmouth re sumed their inspection of the dockyard, shipping, and pub lic establishments at that port yesterday, will continue it to-day, and bring their labours to a close to-morrow (Fri day.) On Tuesday and yesterday evening they entertained a party of naval officers and heads of the various depart ments at dinner on board the Osborne. Yesterday morn ing Lord Clarence Paget left Portsmouth for London and Wales, and he will not rejoin the board at this port. Their lordships commenced their duties yesterday with a discus sion on board the Osborne, after breakfast, relative to the present convict prison in the dockyard. At present opinion is very much divided upon the matter, some persons hold ing that the prison should be retained simply as such, while others advocate the conversion of the prison into naval bar racks for seamen, and the erection of a new prison on the newly-acquired ground at a greater distance from the heart of the dockyard, and nearer the main timber stores. This discussion ended, Earl de Grey and Ripon, accompanied by Col. Jarvis, R.E., and Major Clarke, It E., the Admiralty Director of Engineering Works, disembarked from the Os borne and left the harbour to view the defences north of the dockyard and harbour, and the partly executed work which is to form the water-channel communication in front of Hilsea lines, between the harbours Of Portsmouth and Langston. Owing to the failures of contractors for the exe cution of the Hilsea earthworks and moats and the com municating channel referred to, the tidal communication between the two harbours has been for the greater part en and the scour of the ebb tide out of Portsmouth harbour has su ff ere d acco rdi ng ly. tirely stopped for several months, To make this clearly understood,it will be only necessary here to state that, through the narrow channel which affords the means of communication between the waters of Portsmouth two hour into Ports moutha- and Langstonhar harbour from harbours , h a has made out of Portsmouth harbonr at its southern or bo t the t of tide La fl n o g flours two after the ebb tide chief entrance, and that, consequently, this important ad dition of water from Langston greatly i ncrease the volume of the ebb out of Portsmouth harbour, adds to its scouring properties, and greatly lessens the danger of any formation of shoals in the deep waterways of its harbour or its chan nel of entrance. It must, however, be evident that the loss of this additional water to each tid e t hat enters Ports mouth harbour is serious, and may result most prejudicially upon the already too narrow water chan nels of the harbour. The Duke of Somerset, with Admiral Sir F. G rey , t h e H on. J. R. Drummond, Mr. Childers, M.P., R ear -Admiral R. 8. Robinson, Controller of the Navy, and C apt. R. Hall, pri vate Secretary to the Duke, subsequently disembarked from the Osborne, and attended by Vice-Admi ral Sir M. Sey mour, G.C.B„ Rear-Admiral Superint en d ent G. Elliot, and the different officials at the bead of the various departments in the dockyard, commenced e gt h uneinreryoffischiia: round of inspection for the day. The Ad miralty barge first conveyed their lordships on board th Excellent, Capt. Astley C. Key, 0.8., w h ere they wit nessed some capital practice at different ranges with shot and shell from guns of various calibres, rifled and smooth bore, fired from the decks of the Excellent and her uresent tender, the Illustrious. Their lordships also had an op portunity of oeeing on board the two ships two 12-ton guns of the same description as those on board the Royal Sove reign, with the exception that one is rifled, and is thus a veritable 300-pounder. The other is a smoothbore, and is therefore, like the five similar guns on board the Royal Sovereign, a 150-pounder only. On board the Excellent there are also a batch of Whitworth and Armstrong guns, sent down to the ship for special practice and report upon their capabilities. They include a Whitworth 6-in rifled muzzle-loader, of 77 cwt., and others, down to a small 9- pounder muzzle-loader, Sir W. Armstrong's includes a wedge and muzzle-loader, of 7in. bore each, rifled ; a 7-in. shunt gun, and some 12 and 9-pounder field guns. At the conclusion of their inspection of the Excellent and her arma ment, their Lordships landed at the north end of the dock yard and went on board the turret ship Royal Sovereign, Capt. Sherard Osborn, C. 8., where they were received by Capts. Osborn and Coles and conducted over the ship. The Duke of Somerset's attention was first drawn to the band of teak sheathing now being applied to the ship at the water line, to prevent any galvanic communication taking place between the Muntz metal on the ship's bottom and the ar mour-plating on her sides. Since the dockyard at Ports mouth has existed it may safely be affirmed that no piece of work of the same extent as the one now referred to has ever been executed in sot hort a time as this will be. Some re marks relative to this work were made a few days since in the Naval Intelligence of The Sun, which, perhaps, were not very pleasing to the authorities, but may possibly have assisted in bringing about the present change, and thus affording a proof to the Admiralty, by actual results, that work may be done in our public dockyards with a speed and excellence which could not be excelled in the best ma naged private yard. The Duke of Wellington, screw three decker (depot training ship), Capt. J. Seccombe, was next visited, and their Lordships could not but have admired the perfect order and condition of this model training ship. While on board, the newly-erected cooking galley built on the plans of M r G rant, t h e s t ore k ee p er o f the Royal Clarence Victu a lli ng - yard, was inspected by their Lordships. Some br ea d, b aked for t h e seamen o f the ship in the galley baki ng ovens, was sen t on b oar d by the special desire of their Lordships for their lun cheon. The cooking galley, comp os ed entirely of iron, roasts and bakes meat for th e off i cers and sh i p ' s company, as well as boiling by the ordi nary ship ' s galley process . I t bakes 4501 b of bread for the ship's company in 11 hour, which process can be repeated as often as may be desired, It is fitted with a hot plate, and has also hot closets for keeping the officers' and men's dinners warm when absent from the ship on duty. It has also a boiler, which contains 300 gallons of water. The coppers of the galley are heated on a new principle, and a great saving in fuel, with a greater rapidity in cooking, is effected. From the Duke of Wel lington their lordships proceeded to the King's stairs inspected two launches fitted after which they went on board landingwthiethOsborne double g st e co , r eluncheo nwhere they engines, . s , After luncheon the board again left the Osborne in the Admiralty barge, and landing on the Gosport side of the harbour, i nspected t h e R o y a l Cla rence Victualling yard, with it s bi scuit making mach i nery, its patent flour mills, provision stores of all kinds, and ships in Portsmouth harbou r an d at Spithe a d. Th e s in la s u p g eo h t t i e o r n h o o f u t s h e for es Royal supply ale Marine Light fresh meat to her Majes ty'siee Light Infantry at Forton barracks followed, and the day's wor k was wou nd u p w i t h a visit to the establishments at llaslar, the extensive and well -regulated royal naval hospital, and the gunboat yard. This morning their lordships visited the head quarters of the Royal Marine Artill ery at Forts Eastney and Cumber land, some three miles so u t h - east of Portsmouth, and i n the evening will patronise the ball a t t h e King's R ooms , S out h se a, given annually in aid of t h e fueds o f t h e S eamen ' s an d Marines' Orphan School. Th e Ch anne l fl ee t i s or d ere d to Spithead, and is expected to arrive in time to enable its officers and their friends to be present at the ball. On the 10th prox„ according to present arrangements, the Lords of the Admiralty will leave England in their yacht Enchan tress for a tour of inspection to Gibraltar and Malta. doubletan . ee to the ship Jean Gaujou Commander C. Burney, of her Majesty's gunvessel Speedy, has received from the Im perialFrdeanychanhidninigishtetrgloafest,hfeorhisk on the Echnhas Rocks in 1864. The pre sent was conveyed to Jersey, for presentation to Commander Burney, in the French Imperial steam corvette Ariel. The Wolverine, 20, screw corvette, Capt. De Horsey, which sailed a short time since from Spithead to join, to her apportioned exertions afterher'a Marine e e ca handsome rendering ft Sal is tem porarily, the Channel fleet, has returned to Portsmouth to lakeirn guns, ordered A couple of Capt. B by the War Department and the Admiralty, Admire r • " noW at Woolwich troops of the 16th u m um ake be g r o . od defects and fill up her crew awaiting proof. been brought into use. Birmingham. The regi ment is to be divided between Norwich, Ipswich and Col chester; the HussarsOli arrivedh e d a head-quarters yatNportionsor w aiNorwich h w thef i I r l oEm b e andß at r e oP3I cheater, where very wrought-iron tube, them available for rolehwwinithtestimony r;u 9 c o b. c w a u t eiegers,s. east O One service condemned tohb spacious escopalpeutti r n e a e s iwe cast - iron barracks yseicr. ea bgiymatnphrsi haveyianendsedrsystemtirecentlyorendering of . af b y r e a s n te d r e d d ay w t i e th ste t d he a b t of its unfit wanads ness for further use, yesterday fired twice at the proof butt o L f o the wm o old r 6 i 1 8 ploBus9ncle andrs, aweighingfter considerableform e rl in Woolwich Arsenal with a charge of 161 b of powder and shot weighing 1101 b. The gun has been bored up to 13 inches, and strengthened with a coiled tube reducing the bore to seven inches. The present weight of the gun is 104 cwt . The tube made in the Royal gun factories is of charcoal iron, and appears to be perfect. After firing r W o l a w r the two rounds in the presence of Major Freeth, Royal Artillery, Inspector of Ordnance, and other officers, the screw nut at the muzzle was turned round, and the tube thereby drawn out a short distance to see that it was not jammed in the gun, by which all the parts were ascertained to be correct. The gun was afterwards sent up to the R o yal Gun Factories in order that the tube might be taken out, the breech-plug unscrewed' from the tube, and the vent bush inserted, and which, according to a suggestion of Capt. Palliser, will be screwed in from the interior of the gun. To prove the amount of resistance which it is ex petted the improvement will give to the old ordnance, the gun is ordered to be fired 1,000 times consecutively. The rifling is to consist of three grooves, and spiral for part of the bore. The spiral will be uniform, the final pitch of the rifling being a turn in 16ift. After completing the 1,000 rounds the gun will be despatched to Portsmouth for expe riments on board the gunnery-ship Excellent, to test its power of penetrating the armour plates. The following appointments have been. made at the Ad miralty frnucia W. Luton to; the Blenheim, for service in the Coast Guard ; Sub-Lieut. Philip H. Worgan, to the Wolverene ; Jas. W, G. Baccombe and N. S. Jones, assist. clerks, to the Duncan. THE VOLUNTEERS. The annual prize meeting of the London Scottish Volun teers was brought to a close on Saturday, the 30th of July. Lady Elcho's Challenge Cup, 200 and 500 yards, ten shots at each, was won by Capt. Macgregor, with 59 points. Lord Elcho's Company Challenge Cup,shot for by ten men of each company, five shots at each range-200, 500, and 600 yards, was won by No. 7 Company, with 247 points, No. S being second with 239 points, and Nos. 1 and 2 tying for the third place with 237 points. The highest score by the competition —39 points—was made byPrivate Miller, of No. 4 Company. The Highland Society's Prize of £25-200, 500, and 600 yards,five shots at each,the highest ten firing five shots more at 600 yards, was won by Private Stacke, of No. 2 Com pany, with an average score of 60. The first prize, £lO for Ist class men, 200 and 600 yards, five shots each, was won by Corporal Ross, No. 1, 30; and the second prize of £6 by Private Baillie, No. 7, 29. The first prize for 2d class men, £4, 200 and 500 yards, five shots at each, was won by Pri vate Brydon. The principal Railway prize, £5, unknown distances between 200 and 300 yards, without raising the back sight, was gained by Ensign Prickle, 12. The first marksmen's prize, £lO, 800 and 900 yards, five shots each, was won by Private Macredie, 18 ; and the second £5, by Private Davidson, 16. The first member's prize, 200 yards, seven shots, was won by Sergeant Porteous, 24. The annual shooting match of the Salisbury Rifle Corps (Ist Wilts) will take place on the 24th and 25th inst. In addition to prizes given by the Mayor of the city (Mr J. Waters), Mr G. Loder, Capt. Pinckney, and others, Sir A. Malet, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Frankfort, has, beeides the Challenge Cup, given a handsome prize to be competed for only by effective members of the corps who have never won a prize. On Tuesday, by permisssion of Lord Faversham, the various corps comprising the second administrative batta lion of North Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, were reviewed by the Hon. Col. W. E. Duncombe, M.P., in the Buncombe Park, Helmsley. The North Eastern Railway Company ran special trains to Gilling, from which place the troops had a march of six miles to the review ground, and here Lord Faversham provided the men with refreshments. At the conclusion of the review the troops and the public, to the number of many hundreds, proceeded to Rivaulx Abbey, three miles further off, where Lord Faversham had per mitted a grand fancy bazaar to be held for the benefit of the funds of the 10th North York Volunteers, under the patron age of Lady Faversham, the Hon. Mrs Parsons, the Hon. Mrs Denison, the :Hon. Mrs Buncombe, the Hon. Mrs Fitzroy, and the Hon. Mrs C. Buncombe. Several bands were present in various parts of the grounds. There was an outdoor rustic ball, various athletic sports for prizes for volunteers and others, archery, and a variety of sports. The annual inspection of the 11th and 12th (Truro), the 3d (Falmouth), and the 21st (Penryn), Duke of Cornwall's Rifle Volunteers, numbering upwards of 300 men, took place on Monday near Truro. The inspecting officer was Lieut.-Col. Hume. The weather was fine, and there were several hundreds of spectators present. After a long drill had been gone through the inspecting officer delivered a congratulatory address. It was three years since he had seen so large a number of Cornish volunteers together, and at that time he formed a high opinion of their merits as men and soldiers, and he could bestow no greater praise on them than to say that the expectations he then formed had been fully justified. Experiments at Shoeburyness, The experiments with Sir William Armstrong's 600 pounder shunt gun were continued at Shoebury ness on Tuesday. A floating Warrior target, measuring 12ft. by 10ft. was moored at 500 yards from the gun, the charge being reduced to 5011 b., so as to bring the velocity of the shot down to what it would have been if the gun had been fired at 2,000 yards distance. Although the first shell ricocheted it went clean through the target, making a large hole, blowing the upper plate completely off, and breaking nearly every bolt in the middle plate, which was detached some three or four inches from the backing. Three other shells were fired, but one of them struck the top end, the other two the left and right side of the woodwork of the target, inflicting no very serious damage. With the proper charge of the gun so much reduced the rotation of the shot is of course lessened in a corresponding degree, and the accuracy of line is thereby greatly impaired. The experiment, however, proved in the most satisfactory manner that Big Will not only does all that is expected of him under the most favourable circumstances, but that he will also do more than can be required of him under very adverse condi tions.' It was the opinion of the most eminent artillerists present that the loss of power caused by the ricochet of the first shell, which did the largest amount of damage, was equivalent to 1,000 yards added to the range; so that the experiment really showed what the gun would do with the full charge at 3,000 yards, and confirms the experiments made some time since at the box target, and reported in the Sun, and to which Lord Hartington alluded in the House directly after. We believe that the Ordnance Select Committee have reported most favourably on the merits of the gun, and the War-office authorities have decided on ordering four more for this year's delivery. During the afternoon several photographs were taken of the target, both in front and rear, showing the amount of damage done to it. Among the visitors who witnessed the experiments were the Count de Paris, the Duke de Chartres, the Duke de Montpensier, and the Prince de Joinville. The smashed target will be towed to Sheerness in the course of a day or two. The Connector Steamvessel. A model vessel, which is intended by its project tors to Le the precursor of a large fleet of cargo- 1 carrying craft for the coasting trade, has for many mon ths been the object of curiosity and r e mark to t h e traveller by the river steambo ats. The pecu liarities of this model vessel—the Connector — have a l rea dy been described in The S un, an d i t is only nece ssary to remind our re aders that she is in tended to show the practicab ilit y of addin g together separ ate cargo-carrying compartments, in the sam e way luggage trucks are formed into a train upon a railway, the motive power being comprised in a distinct compartment. The object sought to be gained by this arrangement has special reference to the London coal trade, and consists in the avoid. ance of delay and consequent waste of expenditure by detaining the machinery compartment while the cargo sections are being unladen, and there, fore it is proposed that upon a laden water-train-- as it may be termed —reaching its destination the machinery section shall be disconnected and trans. ferred to another train of empty vessels, with which it will return, while those which it has just brought into port are being unladen. The advantages of such a plan, if practicable, are obvious ; but the means proposed to that end are so novel that at the s ight of the model vessel few p ersons can avoi d firsent e t r taining doubts as to its success. The vessel, as it at present lies in the river, consists of three compartments connected together by projecting bolts fastening in the eyes of overlapping iron spoil. sons.-,The idea of excessive friction upon these con. necting points naturally presents itself as a pro bable difficulty to the success of the plan ; but the inventor and captain of the vessel, Mr M'Sweeny, affirms that the amount of friction is surprisingly small, and certainly after more than two years' wear no signs of injury are discernible in either bolts to e or sponsons, although the vessel has w m ade the passage from Hartlepool Lon d o n, laden with 43 tons of coal in heaicvy weather. When it is borne in mind that the three connected compartments aro 110 ft in length, with a beam of only Bft 4in and bulwarks of only 2ft in height, the Jnotive power being an engine of 10-horse power, the exposure of such a craft to the rough waters of the North Sea would seem to be a bold venture. However, the Connector went to Hart lepool and returned, and on Tuesday she started upon an experimental trip down the river to Sea R eac h. Notwithstanding her disproportionate length she got easily through the intricacies of the crowded Pool, her singular appearance and the snake-like motion of her various sections exciting , great ouriotaity. At Tilbury stoppage became ne. rR STA VMPED:—.6d. cessary to receive an accession of visi leis, who were brought off from the pier by the stern ci-mpartment alone, containing the machinery, which - w,as discon nected from the other sections in less than half a minute, the means employed being a rack worked by a key upon deck which drew inwards the con necting bolts. The machinery section was after wards reunited to the other compartments, an ope ration which occupied scarcely two minutes, and the journey towards the Nore was resumed. There was but little wind and less sea, so that it was not pos. sible to judge of how the Connector would behave when encountering heavy waves. Upon meeting the heavy'wavo caused by a large paddle steamer the force compartment leaped up to a very considerable angle, but the following compartments were entirely unaffected by the motion. The managers of the ves sel stated that such was the case at sea—that the fore compartment does all the tossing, and opens a quiet path for the next section, a feat interesting to many sea travellers, but the importance of which is qualified by an admission that, although not much given to rolling, the connected vessels are apt in rough weather to acquire a considerable " list." During a portion of the ran sail was hoisted upon the masts, one of which is carried by each sec tion, but there was no opportunity of testing the alleged stiffness under canvas of this novel craft. Whatever may be the ultimate practical value of the invention, which it is said has received the approval of many nautical and engineering authori ties, there can be no doubt of its ingenuity, nor of the success which has attended the performances of the experimental Connector. Great Liberal Demonstration at Rochester. Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Kinglake and Mar tin, the Liberal members for the city of Rochester, met their constituents, to render an account of their Parliamentary stewardship, and express their opi nions relative to various important public questions. The honourable members were met at the North Kent Railway Station at two o'clock by many hundreds of the freemen, electors, and burgesses of the city, and a procession was then formed, which marched through the principal streets to a meadow situated on the Maidstone-road, where arrangements had been made for a banquet in a spacious booth, capable of accommodating at least 1,200 guests. The line of route from the railway station to the Maidstone-road was crowded with spectators, and flags, banners, and various devices were freely exhibited. At four o'clock upwards of 800 of the Liberal freemen and other electors and friends sat down to an excellent dinner. The chair was occupied by Mr. Stephen Steele, one of the City magistrates, and amongst the guests present, in addition to the members for Rochester, were Messrs. Lee and Buxton, the Liberal members for Maid. stone; Mr C. W. Martin, formerly M.P. for West Kent ; and a large number of the most influential Reformers of the district. The usual loyal toasts having been duly hon• oured, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," which was ably responded to by Colonel MOODY, of the Royal Engineers, and Mr C. W. MARTIN, the late Liberal member for West Kent, who, in the course of an excellent speech, thanked the assembly for the honour they had ren dered to his son—one of the members for that city —and stated that he had himself already stood eight contested elections in the Liberal interest, and al though a veteran in the cause he had just completed his ninth canvass, and he felt perfectly certain that when the next general election took place he should again enter the House of Commons as a supporter of ' the great cause of Reform and human progression. The toast of " The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese, and the Ministers of other Denominations," was ably responded to by the Rev. J. KINGLAKE, and the Rev. E. W. SHAL DERS, Congregational minister. The CHAIRMAN, in an impressive address, then gave the toast of the evening, " The Members for the City of Rochester, Messrs. Martin and ing lake." Mr. P. W. MARTIN, M.P., in responding, ob served—He well remembered the time—nine years since—when he first appeared before the citizens of Rochester as a candidate to represent them in Par. liament. At that time he was a mere boy, and the Tory party in the city was supreme. Bat where were they now? Talk about Conservative reaction— where was it at Rochester ? He did not see it when he looked around him ; and it was a well-known fact that the Conservatives had not only lost the representation of the city, but their power and prestige in the corporation. He had been returned as a pledged supporter of the great Liberal party, and that party had for its object to confer the greatest happiness upon the greatest number. He believed the pfesent Government had endea voured to carry out that principle, and the tendency of recent legislation had been to remove the fetters which obstructed the free development of industry, and to reduce as far as possible the taxation which pressed most directly upon the necessary articles of life, and therefore most injudiciously affected the working classes. When he first appeared before that constituency, this country was in the midst of a war with Russia, and a large expense was incurred by that war. It was, however, satisfactory to state that at least one-half of that additional expense had already bean paid off; and that notwithstanding every drawback, this country, and especially the industrial classes, was at present in a condition of comparative prosperity. He believed that the policy of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer was a sound and good policy. Some time since this country was naturally in a state of great alarm as to the detrimental results arising from the frightful civil war raging in America. The loss of the cotton required for our manufacturing districts was at first severely felt, and by the last returns it appeared that our trade with America had decreased twelve and a-half millions ; but to counterbalance this we had the French treaty, carried out by Mr. Cobden, and which, in the corresponding period, had in creased our trade with France by seventeen millions. The honourable member then referred to various acts passed during the past session which he considered of a beneficial nature, and stated that he had felt it his duty to give a steady and consistent support to the Government Lord Palmerston, believing that the' policy of that Go. vernment, especially under the difficult circum stances in which it had been placed, was, on the whole, conducive to the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people. It was scarcely necessary that he should recapitulate to them his political creed, which they had heard so often; He was sorry to find that the question of church rates was still in a very unsatisfactory position. As a Churchman, he did not believe that the prosperity of the Church depended upon the rate, and he had therefore voted for its abolition. His views upon the necessity of a measure of reform remain un changed. He was returned as a supporter of those principles, and to those principles he still adhered. The time had surely arrived when the franchise should be extended to the honest, intelligent work ing men of this country, and that mee d of j ustice could not much longer be delayed. Referring to the question of Denmark, the hon. member said that he supported the Ministry because he believed the honour of this country was not at stake, and that it would be unwise and impolitic for England to rush into a war, the result of which would be to in crease taxation, and the end of which could not be foreseen. Mr. Serjeant KINGLAKE, M,P., observed that whatever might be said as to a reaction in the country in favour of Toryism, he thought that meet. g ' m i g ht be taken as a proof that such reaction did i n u ot extend to Rochester. At the same time, it be hoved them to be vigilant and watchful, so that if t h e enemy came like a thief in the night they should nut be caught asleep. He hyped auto h. r' EWS FA:PT:a .1,,..3..e5crttr57-ki., 4 ,, .•,i, , ,,,, -- -- ,-*-4., , ,s t i , k .,,, : :.,. lieved that when the day of trial . rtr t io4 4 -41, .•:,- :R. 4 C --:*" might come, the Reformers of Root istii: •''' . /4 be found wanting. They racist not orto% .!.'• /14, enemy was watchful and vigilant. ' - qopserVe—,:, fives were most anxioas; to regain power ,Ad vere for that purp ose; th ey willing to spend mon( IT were, in fact, very hungry. They had been out of place some years, and wanted to get back again. They reminded him of a picture he had recently seen, " The Hungry Be ars"—they were ready to gnaw at the flag of old. England, and grind the bones of John Ball. He was not at all alarmed with respect to any Tory reaction at Rochester, This so-called Conservative reaction, what was it? The Tories wished to regain power, and they would humbug the people it they - cc:aid. They well knew the principles he enunciated when be was returned for that city, and. he bad always consistently sup ported those principles and was prepared to stand by them. Ho wished far a great extension of the suffrage, the vote by ballot, a.rd other measures which would secure a fail, free, e,nd fair reprEseri tati:nn of the people in I ), 7.r.liarnent. A valued fricnct of his, 31: Coleridge, who WaS recently a canditle.o for Excar, had seen quite enough during that. election to ;make him a decided advocate of t h e ballot. As an independent member of the Houst2 , of Commons, he believed ths,t that house did really • watch over the interests of the people, and that this majority of the members were most anxious for the welfare of the working classes. Ho coincided generally with the policy of Lord Palmerston's Government, and believed that tho commercial policy of that Government had been productive of the most beneficial results to all classes of the people, and more especially so to the industrial classes. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing- " The health of the two Liberal Members for Maid.s tone, Messrs. Lee and Buxton," referred to the p ast history of that borough, which, under Tory domination, had been. celebrated for all sorts of undue .influence, b u t now maintained a character for the movt sterling hones'cy and independence. Mr. LEE, M.P., in a brief addrc as, expr essed h is opinion that Conservative reaction: existed only i n name, and that the constituencies of this country were prepared to return as representative s those w h a would stand fast to the cause of Refor m and pro. gress. He anxiously desired to see a comprehcr t a sive measure of Reform passed, and sue: h a measure could not long be withheld. He was :proud to at tend such an assembly as the present, as it ccn vinced him that the Conservatives could not boast of a reaction in the city of Rochester. Mr C. BUXTON, M.P., observed that the present large meeting of freemen and other elects ►rs proved that the constituency of Rochester had no t deserted the cause of Liberalism, bat was prepared again to return their present excellent representatives, who were, in fact, two of the most useful members of the House of Commons. Unity was at present espe cially desirable in the ranks of the Liberal party.. These were most eventful times, and there - were many things which could not fail to depress all fru e lovers of liberty and constitutional free den r. America, that great country to which all tri is Liberals were wont to refer with pride, was now plunged into the horrors of dreadful civil war, a;ad no matter whether he advocated the cause of the North or South, all must deplore the fearful state of things which existed on that continent. Looking at Europe, the Polish revolution had been finally crushed by the execution, a few days since,. of patriots whose only crime was that they loved their country too well. The Circassians had been driver as fugitives from their native land by the , do. spotie power of Russia. Prussia and Austria hart succeeded in crushing constitutional liberty in Deus mark, and very recently the French Emperor had punished some leading citizens of Paris for the crime of peaceably meeting together. Viewing these things, it was essential that the Liberals of, this country should, by unity of purpose and a ctio-a, maintain their position, and prevent any posi,,i bility of that Tory reaction which had been so ranch vaunted, but which did not i❑ reality exist. The CliainmaN then gave "The Health of. Sir Edward Dering, M.P., and the Liberals of :East Kent." Mr. 'PLUMMER, of Canterbury, in reply, observed, that the last eicction for East Kent was a striking instance of what might be Effected by a ccmp lets unity in the ranks of the Liberal party. Sir E. Dering was returned by a majority of 80, notwith standing ell the adverse circumstances with widc.:4 they had to contend. Tne Tories were generally more united than the Liberals. They followed t heir leader without asking questions, but the Liberals had many crotchets and shades of opinion. If . ;bey wished to beat the enemy they must, however, sink all minor differences, and be firmly united., " The Health of the Mayor of Rochester" was then given, and responded to. Several other toasts followed, and the esccnably broke up about eight o'clock. BAD NEWS FROM THE WHALERS.—lntelligence was received in Dundee on Monday that the Intrepid:and Elena had arrived at Peterhead on Sunday, the former vessel with just what she was last reported as having (GO tuns seal oil), and the Elena clean. They report the whale fishing at Greenland almost a total blank. The Polynia, of Dundee, is said to have been seen before the 25th of July, but it is not said if she had any success. The Elena left from getting short of provisions. and all they vessels out are expected to remain another month if the weather keeps clear. —Dundee Courier. THE BLOOMSBURY FLOWER Sirow.—Bat here in Russell-square I was among the friends of my childhood. I knew the elegant full-belled fachsias, hang ing with their bursting petals each over each, and drooping over the pots containing them ; I knew the sturdy gera niums, with their scarlet flowers, their bread soft hairy leaves, their thick resolute stems ; I know the annuals, bright and gaudy, and fleeting ; and I pushed my way in among admiring crowds, and felt quite young again a: I looked upon many a bud and leaf once familiar, but long forgotten. I was not critical in my judgment, but there were plenty who were ; old men and women, dod dering and placable, mechanics severely scruti nising each prize, and openly speaking their minds as to the justice which had awarded it, boys and girls swooping down upon the assembly with a pleasant dis regard of corns. So through the tent, looking to the right and left, and remarking many excellent specimens of my favourite flowers. Outside the tent a police band, all the members in blue coats and oilskin-topped hats ; number less young ladies in the most delightful of summer costumes with young gentlemen to match, behaving as the youth of both sexes do under such circumstances; numberless rich old people bored, and stupid ; numberless poor old people, wondering and dazed "which how they can wear them bonnets on the tops of their 'eads, and such rolls of 'air be 'ind, good gracious!" numberless poor children ; save those who were evidently exhibitors, there did not appear to be many poor people of middle age, they were mostly veterans or children, interspersed among the promenader. And it was one of the curious sights of the day, to witness how thoroughly at home the children made themselves, and how, in the blessed ignorance of childhood, they utterly ignored any deference to the powers that were. They sat in little knots under the trees, and played at being owners of the ground; and they played at a game which culminated in the height of the fashionable promenade , so tha t gentlemen bowed over the (in many cases) extensively jewelled ears of their inamoratas, were nearly Bung to the earth by a little infantile procession running in and out among th e i r legs, the members whereof were shouting, " Thee's thimple Thally, and the'th thold her thop," and with outstretched forefingers and hissing voices invoking objurgations on the said Sarah. I believ e that heretofor e the presence of a num berofin m uffin caps had not b een considered essen tial to c eoss of a flower show ; I am bound to say that boysthe su th ose young gentlemen added in no small degree to the enjoyment of ours. Before quitting the garden, I had some talk with the genial and earnest hono rary secretary of the flower-show, and learned from him some of its statistics This exhibition at which I assisted w as, it appeared, the fourth exhibition of the Blooms bury Bouquets : the first took place at a private house in Little Coram-street ; the second at the National School; and the third and fourth were, through the kindness of the inhabitants, held in Russell-square garden. They are self supporting ; there is no touting, or sending round of the hat ; there are 1,500 shilling tickets subscribed for by the well-to-do parishioners ; and that amount, with the s hilling charged for admission to casual visitors, and 500 entrance tickets for poor parishioners at a penny each, amply cover all expenses.—Dickens's " All the Year Round." [ADVERTISEMENT,]—HoIIoway's Ointment and These highly esteemed medicaments cannot be too strongly recommended for curing most of the maladies to whic h humanity is heir. 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